Promoting the art of Bonsai in Northern Ireland

Tree 28: Boston Ivy

dscf8228dsc_0264Tree Species: Boston Ivy ( Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

Owner: Ben Follis – Joined the NIBS as a transfer from the Wessex Bonsai Society in 2010, current Committee member.

Potter if Known: Chinese

History: Ben collected this tree from a garden where it had been a creeper growing on a wall. It was placed in a training pot for a few years and in 2014 transferred into a semi cascade pot. The Autumn colour is by far one of the most striking you will find and not a common species for bonsai either.

This tree was selected for Bonsai3o to exhibit this unusual species and hopefully show it’s colour to best effect.

Tree in May 2013

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February 2014 and a repot

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September 2015

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